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TIL It takes gallon and a half of milk to make a gallon of ice cream. Think about that.

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EADX TIL that Hitler disguised English-speaking soldiers as Allied troops and used them to cut telephone wires, change road signs, and cause general confusion. They were trained in American general knowledge, such as who Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend was, and what the capitals of states were.
6EnYX TIL that a Chinese billionaire sparked social backlash by purchasing a rare 500 year old tea cup for 38 million dollars, and then drinking tea out of it. To appease people angered by his using it, Liu Yiqian said “I’m not going to use it ever day.”
m1NNp TIL Donald Mastick accidentally tasted Plutonium and was banned from lab work. Despite this, he earned a physics PhD, started a highly successful interior landscape company, raised a family, and died of natural causes, all with few micrograms of Plutonium in his body.
5YjXB TIL: Thousands more German troops died in the American Revolutionary War than British soldiers
bZM9 TIL Tom and Jerry committed suicide